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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:16 AM Original message |
BWHAHA! Microsoft is launching a line a retail stores! Game on, baby! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think the MS hate is kinda lame. They make decent products. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Who said I hate MS? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. You said, "BWHAHA!". That's DU speak for unhinged derision. nt |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Well, I can always count on you to know "unhinged derision." |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I have no idea who you are. Sorry. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Of course you don't know who I am. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Who said you hate MS? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Actually, post 1 says "MS hate kind of lame," not "MS kind of lame." |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm certainly not anti-MS, but vista blows. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Nonsense. It's a decent OS, with high system requirements. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It blows. Everybody knows it blows. MS knows it blows |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Cogent and erudite discussion as usual from DU's balcony dweller. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. VISTA had very rocky start, requiring years of updates to get functional-- |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So did XP, It's just that those years happened earlier. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Of course, but once they got XP essentially "right" why would |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I don't buy computers for business and government. I buy them for home use. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Doesn't even enter into the debate... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Windows 7 is awesome. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Glad to get your review... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Yes, and people held on to W2000 until XP was fixed. But not W98. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. We live ten miles from Microsoft's world headquarters |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I live in Michigan, and do not work for Microsoft. I also own THREE Macbooks. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. My point is |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. People who work at MS don't like it either. (I worked there - I heard everyone bitching about it.) |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. When consumers see the non-OEM price tag of their stuff, the stores will close quickly. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. stores will close randomly throughout the course of the day |
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Devils0wn (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. Microsoft: Apple wanted 'Laptop Hunters' ad pulled |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. I know who you are. -nt |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. Good deal. I'll go into a Microsoft store before I ever go into an Apple store. |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. I don't really see the advantage to this either |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. I, for one, welcome a return to more retail computer stores... |
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108 (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. MS is absolute CRAP |
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cdsilv (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No, MS is 'good enough'. That's their sweet spot. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Not quite. We live in a Windows world because IBM was colossally stupid. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. self delete |
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UP_4012 (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
24. Well, I just hope that if i stop by, |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. Their "Geniuses" are trained to say "the blue screen of death is a feature, not a bug." |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. I can see it now.... |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Nice! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. I haven't seen a BSOD for a long time, but they're a lot more helpful than this: |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I agree, this is a very strange Mac OS thing. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. And this is why I still prefer Windows |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. Analyst advise investors to sell Microsoft stock. Link below |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. Another financial failure |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Good point! MS once again copying Apple, too little too late. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. The way people argue over this you'd think it was something important. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
47. Well they be selling the patch to the patch to the patch to the patch to the patch to the upgrade? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
48. Do you have to push on the door marked START to leave the store? |
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